I used it last year. It's definitely a good product. The games are in relatively good quality. You get 4 games at a time, and if I remember correctly you pick which 4 games you're watching. You can have them all playing at once and pick the audio of the game you want, or play one full screen. The only problem I can recall is that you sometimes get games blacked out that are close to you depending on where you're at (if you're in a specific market, like say directly in the Pittsburgh area, you don't get the Pittsburgh games). But, if you're in the middle of two markets, like in State College, you might have some trouble not getting Pittsburgh and Philly games. It's definitely something to check into before you pay the money for it.

TheHammer24 wrote:What if I purchase center ice at the begining of the season and switch from Comcast to FIOs half way through. Assuming both carry center ice, will I have trouble transferring the service?

CI online did exactly what i needed it to do. it was extremely reliable and the picture and audio were very good (near regular standard def quality).

however...

-No DVR, so if you're used to being able to record games to watch later, this sucks. i'm actually planning on also ordering CI and a DVR at my girlfriend's place with comcast as an insurance policy to guarantee that i don't miss any games.-I have a fancy home theater PC setup, so my CI feed went through my AV system to my plasma. this helps a great deal. watching it on a 17-19 inch screen would have been tough.-You won't get any NHL network games, which is just frustrating beyond words. you'll need to do that myp2p thing for those 5 or 6 pens games that will be blacked out.

I will definitely be trying it out in the pre-season and will report back. The online site is not updated yet for this year.

I'm going to see what I can find out about that myp2p thing. I remember some people sharing info on it.

myp2p can be very unreliable. the feed breaks up frequently and the video quality is much worse than CI online. not something you want to depends on, but it helps make up for the NHL's absurd blackout policy that screws over its relatively few paying customers.

there was an article posted on the pensblog a few days ago by Molinari I think. It sounded like centre ice online is gone, and there is a new "gamecenter" and "gamecenter live" feature. With The live feature you will get video of games, both home and away feeds, and it will cost money. The regular gamecenter is audio, stats, highlights and stuff for free with no video.

It will not synch up with the radio feed...whether you go thru the Pens site or the X. The message about availability I got last year too. Best 150$ I ever spent, really......since 714's anyway. This will be our 3rd year.

I had it last year, and it was a great product. The only downside is there is no easy way to record and no pausing, etc... I almost never had any problems with lagging, etc... I also hooked my computer up to the TV to watch quite a bit and it was decent.